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In America can a man be guilty until proven innocent?
1981 · 1h 56m · PG
Crime, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Sydney Pollack
Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it involves an innocent party. When he tells Carter the truth and the newspaper runs it, tragedy follows, forcing Carter to face up to the responsibilities of her job when she is confronted by Gallagher.
Top critics, in their words
Absence of Malice does not invalidate All the President's Men. But with entertainment values -- and a moral sense -- every bit as high as that film's, it observes that there is an underside to journalistic gallantry.
A splendidly disturbing look at the power of sloppy reporting to inflict harm on the innocent.
I not only liked this movie despite its factual and ethical problems -- I'm not even so sure they matter so much to most viewers.
What Mr. Pollack's movies lack in momentum, they make up for in quiet gravity.
The picture has a smug, demoralizing sense of pervasive corruption.
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